Hindus - Pagan Stone Worshippers????

I hope no one is offended by this title. It may sound condescending to Hindus, but it is in reference to one of the most common misperceptions on Hinduism on account of the several mythological tales, Gods, Goddesses, temples and rituals.

From my perspective Hinduism is a very broad religion with many different sets of philosophies, practices and belief systems. Depending on how people interpret and practice Hinduism it can be polytheistic, monotheistic and non theistic. Even atheists and agnostics can count themselves as Hindus. Maybe someone can explain the various philosophies and belief systems under Hinduism better. I'm still a novice and a bit to verbose in my explanations.

The primary reason I started this topic is because some questions about Hinduism were raised in the other topic such as – worshipping of stone idols, the relationship between Krishna and Radha as well as other relationships of Krishna. Like Islam gets questioned on polytheism, so does Hinduism and the issue of Draupadi's polyandry also comes up. There are all these cra-cra rituals conjured up in Ekta soaps that its hard to distinguish between Hinduism and the gospel of Ekta mata. Actually with so many mythological tales and texts there are actually a gazillion questions one can pose Hindus about their religion and beliefs.

So I created this question for people to ask questions and engage in discussion/debate on Hinduism. I don't want people to misconstrue that the forum is there to target only one religion or that Hindus are incapable/unwilling to answer questions or discuss/debate their faith.

Also the past debates we had on Mahabharata/Ramayana etc were actually quite interesting and fun. Even within Hinduism there are so many perspectives, different narratives/interpretations of the same myths and it actually gives Hindus also a lot to share learn. Maybe we can even delve into the definitions of Brahman, atman, jiva etc.

Since Radha/Krishna was raised in the other thread, maybe someone wants to tackle their story first? As per my understanding Hindus revere the relationship as an expression of pure and chaste love.

Originally posted by: zorrro

Stone worshippers 😲 How could you RTH 😭

How did you miss the other gold, silver, asthdhatu (8 metals alloy) ceramic and marble idols for worship 🥺

Originally posted by: return_to_hades

Blame IF. They have a limit on how many elements I can put in a topics title.

Please read the complete topic as "Hindus - Pagan worshipers of stone, gold, silver, ceramic, marble, astdhatu and in recent times recyclable material idols"

Let me know if more minerals and elements need to be added to the list.

Hindus are stupids...Bcos they didnt make any common laws to all hindus...they never try to learn about their religion...they divided humans in different category...and some dont know the symbols have been found through centuries and centuries of work and effort...mythological figures r symbolic..& they indicate a certain state of mind...and they are meaningful subjective ways..! and I read somewhere why that period they made the symbols cos they knows our unconscious mind dnt know any language...and still remains pictorial just like a small child... It converts everything into symbols/pics!😊

Originally posted by: Summer3

I would not call anyone stupid as to call someone stupid is to say God is stupid too.😆

Originally posted by: Prometeus

Just play stupid...you can win😉